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4 The Newt-Review, RoMburg, Or.. Wed., Moy 25, 1949 Publlshsd Dally Exotpt Sunday by tha Newt-Review Company, Inc. latent w Mima tU aialur 7 "'J " "' liMklif, Ortfen, udr t ! Mirch S, 1171 CHARLIt V. STANTON EDWIN L. KNAPP Editor msir' Manager Mimttr af tha Aiaoolatad Praia, Oragon Newipaper Publlahara Aaaoalatlon, iha Audit Buraau of Clroulatlona I kr WI1T-0LLIDAY CO., INC., tllri la Ntw Y". CUcin, a rraaciMa, Ll Anjtlx. III.. r.tllm. IL L.uU. CaiMrON ATIS l Orittit Br Mill r Tr MM. it n.athi 11 M. T4I, tr m.lh ll.M. 0lill Otfftm B Mill Fit ll.M. ! tti 11.11. tttn aiaiki ia.il. A BRIGHT HOPE We have read much of hot wars, cold wars and wars of nerves, but another type of warfare is being waged today, a war of which, perhaps, not too many people are awaro. It is a holy war by the Roman Catholic Church against Communism. Little has been said about this conflict but it is beginning to come to public notice and is the subject of an illuminat ing article by Cardinal Spellman in a recent issue of Look magazine. Cardinal Spellman introduces his article with the follow ing preamble : In nil war agalnat athalatlo Communlim Popa Plua XII hai nalthar military armlaa nor armamenta, for hla la a aplrltual oruaade; hla armamenta tha weapon! of wlidom and juatloe and truth, hla armlai tha God-loving peoplaa of tha earth. The Pope has long opposed the political ideologies of Communism. There is little question that the influence of the Church was responsible for the Democratic victory in Italy. Church influence also may be traced in the defeat of France's rebel lious Communist labor leadership. The insistent pressure from Rome on the side of the Democracies has been a power ful factor in Russia's failure to bring all of Europe into the Soviet fold. More recently the Church has brought its influ ence to bear against our troublesome American Communists. The Roman Catholic Church will be a powerful force against Communism. The Communist knows how to battle guns and bullets. He can fight political ideologies. By subtle infiltration he cn foment chaos and confusion essential elements of The Revolution. Communism can be successful only when great masses of people become disorganized. By maintaining a clotely knit organization, bound to implicit obedience to the high command, a very small minority group can seize con trol when majorities are disrupted. Once in power, authority is maintained by force of arms over defenseless people. The Catholic Church has its roots in every country in the world and in every race of people. It functions through established channels under direction of the Pope. It com mands large sums of money. When its people become united on a single purpose, it cannot fail to exert powerful influence. Throughout the world today the Roman Catholic Church is fighting Communism. As Cardinal Spellman states, it has Tid armies and no armaments. But it DOES have the hearts, the Spirits and the determination of men. Christianity itself has had no armies and no armaments, but it has withstood persecution and evil throughout the centuries and grows stronger and stronger, though nation after nation has seen rise and fall. So, this holy war being undertaken by the Church needs n6 armies. It needs only the cooperation and prayers of men of good will. The Communist has made a religion of his political ide ology. He worships at the altar of force and materialism, lie rejects all things spiritual. He denies God and Christianity. Because of his heresy he has brought against himself a force equally as large, equally well organized and equally inspired. It is a force he cannot meet with guns or bayonets or bluster. It cannot be blockaded nor can it be confined. It cSnnot be purged. It cannot be coerced. It cannot be tricked. It ckn infiltrate with even more finesse than can the most expert of Communist agents. It can seek out and find the weaknesses in the Soviet armor. It deals not with councils, or blocs, or cells, but with the hearts, the beliefs, and the tenets of Christian men and women men and women willing and ready to sacrifice their lives, if need be, for their faith. The world today is fearful of war between nations. The United States has spent many billions of dollars in political and military resistance to Communism. At times it has seemed that War was inevitable. The threat still hangs heavily above us. But there is at work a power far greater than our own tried military strength; something far more effective than our atomic bomb. The task to which this force is exerting itself will require time. If we can but avert war temporarily, the influence of Christianity directed through the Roman Catholic Church and with the cooperation of all Cod-loving people, Catholic, Protestant and Jewish, may succeed in driving Communism back into its foul cave without necessity of bloodshed. It is bright hope In a dark hour. To Him That Hath Shall Be Given r t I t 4" .w1 LETTERS to the Editor No Advantage Seen In Daylight Saving ROSEBURG There has been considerable discussion in your paper recently pro and con, most ly con, regarding daylight sav ing. My husband is a timber failer, and, like the majority of the working population in this vicinity, we now get up before 5 o'clock a.m. in order that he can leave home by 6 o'clock to De on tne job. under daylight saving he would have to get up neioie 4 octock a.m., wnicn is about the time that some of the advocates of daylight aaving go to nea. We and a great many others can see no advantage to the gen eral public in daylight saving, which is being advocated by a very small majority of the peo ple of the city of Roseburg, to the disadvantage of possibly 95 percent of the people In this community. The business men of Roseburg should realize that their business Is supported by the working class and give them some considera tion, and, furthermore, when the leople who do the work get home n the evening, they are too tired to play. MRS. ELLEN ROCKWELL . 875 Hoover St. Roseburg, Ore. POLIO CASES UP PORTLAND, Mav 25. JP) A new case of infantile paralysis has boosted the year's total in Oregon to 30. There have been two fatalities, both children. The Multnomah County Chap- tor of the national foundation reported the total represented an increase of 10 above the same period a year ago. the latest fntalitv was Joan Tabor, 5, of Milwaukie. She died Sunday. An 8-year-old Myrtle i-oim gin mod in January. The newest case is a six-year-old Port land hoy. U. S. Entitled To Monkey For Aid, House Group Told WASHINGTON. May 25 (P) Frank J. Mulkern sava the United States ahould get at least a monkey for th Jl0,000,000.000 It It spending In foreign aid. Mulkern, a national director of the Iuak Waltor League, told the Houte Appropriations Committee that the foreign aid spending has curtailed spending at home. for example, he said, the Wash ington zoo had its Appropriation for the purchase of animals cut from $15,000 to $3,100. He pointed out that many Euro pean nation! have large colonies awarding with wild animals. He said he has wrltttn foreign mln latert of Great Britain, Belgium and France suggesting they aend us tome animals in exchange for the money the U. S. Is giving them. Mulkern said he had received replies indicating his letters are receiving consideration, and con cluded: "Gentlemen, for the $10,000,000. 000 I think we should at least get a monkey." BEAUTY TO REIGN t "Misi Oregon" of 1948, the charming Joyce Davis, above, wiil reign over the Mis5 Oregon Pageant at Seaside, July 22, 23 and 24, and will crown her successor, who will represent Oregon at the Atlantic City competition in Sep tember. Miss Davis, Redmond, Oregon, who placed sixth in last year'j national event, is completing a year's training in voica at the San Francisco Conservatory ef Music on the $1,000 scholar ship won at Atlantic City. She expects to make music her career. Eugene Warblers Visit Barbershop Group Here Sixteen members of the Eugene Barbershop Quartet came here Tuesday night to entertain Rose burg members of the group known nationally as Snchsoua. The Plungers, lour celebrated barbershop singers, were Included In the visiting group. The Eugene chapter included In their song repertoire titles such as "Cahi and Abel," "Swing Ixiw. Sweet Chariot" and 'Mississippi Mud." The Roseburg chapter of the Barbershop mini let includes members. Persons Interested Last-Mlnufe Decision Class Of Vofers Eiecied Truman, Post-Moriem Study Shows By ALTON L. BI.AKESLHE Associated Press Science Reporter ANN AliBOK, Mich.. May 2. - i.T Governor Dewey beat Presi dent Truman In one tiling tit the polls last Novomlier. According to a now study, he got belter support from the voters who wanted him to win. A higher percentage of Peweyites actu ally voted than did people favoring Mr. Truman. Truman, in short, didn't win-through Republican failure to vote. But Truman topped IVwey In capturing voters who waited iintil ... .,..,,i,. ,.. ,,,, the las. nilnu.c to make up .he,,' ; ' -' " ,k '' ? Joining the local group are invito) to the next meeting In the Arm ory, Wednesday at 7:.W rt. m. mind: These are two of the election post-mortem findings made by the Survey Research Comer at the t'niversily of Michigan. It called the turn on the election. The study last DcIoImm- of all prospective vot ers undecided which party to sup port. Another study in November showed Truman getting .V) per cent of the votes and IVwey -IS. The aclual vote was ." tor Tru man and 42.5 per cent for IVwey. To learn whv so many pollsters i-. had missed the boat, the Survey in Research Center went Kick and talked to exactly the same people. It had Interviewed In tvtoher. Its method of getting opinions is i i of people throughout the country. The method is so good that tlie 1 Federal lioserve Hoard relies on the Center's findings in shaping its ideas atumt economic condl j lions, present and future. Decider! In Last 2 Weeks Some of the things learned I from voters, summed up by IV. I Angus Campbell, director of the Survey licsearch Center, are: Most voters had made up their 'minds before the campaigns started. This was true especially (if those w ho did vole Republican. The Republicans thus had a ma jority during most of the cam , paicn. A higher percentage of those In the Day's News (Continued from Page One) the Communists) claim it never happens. It does happen. SPEAKING of Communists, the railroad strike in Berlin is of considerable interest. The Com munists are undertaking to BREAK it. Elsewhere over the world, the.) have promoted strikes, going to great lengths to make It ap pear that they regard the right to strike as one of the sacred hu man rights. In Berlin, it serves their pur pose to BREAK a strike. So that is what they do. IT all depends, you see, on whose ox is gored. The point I'm trying to make is that Communism isn't a sin cere movement for the better ment of humanity. It is a racket designed to keep too much power in too few hands. When their PRIVILEGES are threatened, Communists act just as selfishly as anybody else. DEATH and Injury ride the news wires on the day this is written. j In Monmouth, a Dallas youth is killed and a companion is seri ously injured when a small plane in which they were riding crashes in approaching a landing field . . . at Pendleton two high school stu dents die, two more are hurt and a 35-year-old woman is critically Injured when two automobiles collide. In the Mid-West, 40 persons are killed and more than 200 are in jured in storms, including cy clones, that rake ten states. WE get the idea that modern life Is terribly dangerous far more so than life in the past? Is that true? Let's stop and think. WHEN Neanderthal men stray ed beyond the shelter of their caves, they were pounced upon by saber-tooth tigers. When our own not-too-distant ancestors left the shelter of their cabins, they were often struck down by lurking Indians. In spite of it all, human beings have survived, increased and progressed. Northwest Hero Will Be Honored Century After Death In Battle PORT GAMBLE, Wsjlu, May 25. inn tviaenuy a curious man. coxswain Gustave Engle brecht of the U.S.S. Massachus etts poked his head over a log during an Indian skirmish on Nov. 21. 1856. He merely wanted a better look at the red . man he had just shot. Unfortunately the red man had a friend. The friend had a rifle, and coxswain Englebrecht be came the only white casualty of the battle. The Massachusetts Log record ed that the sailor's body was taken to Port Gamble, Washing ton territory, for burial. The ship's colors flew at half- mast that day and the coxswain became and remained, until a few weeks ago a forgotten hero in an unmarked grave. i He had taken part In the bat-! tie that broke the strength 6f the northern Indians in this re gion and ended for all time the i threat of an alliance between the j northern Indians and their war like comrades In eastern Wash ington. The Massachusetts had been called to Puget Sound to con quer the marauders. The mission done, the Navy ap parently forgot. Not so the Kitsap County His torical Society,, its president, Chloe Sutton, recently Jogged the Navy's memory. So on Memorial Day, officers of the fleet reserve at the Brem erton Naval ahipyard will trelc to the spot under the tall firs where coxswain Englebrecht lies, and place a headstone at hit grave. It will tell his name and how he died and was remember ed, on Memorial Day, nearly 100 years later. Phone 100 If you de net raeelva your Newi-Raviaw by 6:15 P. M. call Mr. Watera before 7:60 P. M. Phone 100 Roof Installation Any type Free estimates All material and" Werk Guaranteed Lewett Pricet Denn Wholesale Ce. North Umpa.ua Re. Phertae SJI-JX-3 4S1R1 Phone 1261 -R For repair on your typewriter or adding machines. KEN'S OFFICE EQUIPMENT 631 S. Stapheni D1 ID you ever see a evelone coming? I hope ytu never did. It it a terrifying sight. Its dangling black tail writhes and twists like that of a cat about to Jump. You can't even guess where it will strike. All you know Is that It carries staggering power to rend and destroy. When it misses you, you're weak with relief. AS these words are written, the power is off. Within the area affected, modern life has come to a standstill. The wheels don't turn. The machines won't work. We sit and twiddle our fingers and wait. We moderns are utterly de pendent on our gadgets. An odd thought occurs: This writer, having resisted electric typewriters, is able to gc ahead and finish his job. Douglas County State Bank Mimbir Fidiral Deeailt Insurance Cert. Moke This Douglas County Institution Your Bank. Home' Owned Home Operated FROM THE NEWS OF I I I I T I I 60 YEARS AGO ' 'Of-0 tw,. A,,.. "A." . ." ''. f 0.. O;- Oh.. s w ho wanted Dewey Instead of Tru man actually cast their ballots. In mid-October, 20 per cent of voters didn't know how they would vote. When they did decide, they favored I'resident Truman. Mr. Truman was favored sub- j stantially by those who decided during the campaign. He was fa-1 vored 4 to 1 by those who decided : in the last two weeks. Asked why people favored their man. Iu' per cent said Truman fa vored some particular group, which won him support. Only 11 per cent thought Pewey won votes i by favoring some particular group i and they named big business as! this group. Dr. Campbell said. Sixteen per cent thought Tru man did something in the cam-; paign. Only four per cent thought Dewey was meeting the Issues. Six ! per cent said Truman had a weak campaign, but L'ti per cent said i Dewey's was weak. The class split among voters was clear cut and significant, Dr. Campbell said. Skilled and unskilled voters gave Truman his majority. Voters in the professions and management were 4 to 1 for Dewey, and 75 per cent of them actually voted. White collar workers were even ly divided on the candidates, and S2. per cent of them voted. They; were most conscientious about balloting. Skilled and semi skilled workers were 3'i to 1 for Truman. Thirty per cent didn't vote. I'nskilled workers were 2 to 1 for Truman. Half didn't vote. Karmers were 2 to 1 for Tru man, Slightly more than half didn't vote. Among college graduates who voted, their ballots were cast 3 to 1 for Dewey. Three of everv four union vot ers were for Truman. Twenty seven per cent of union members didn't vote. Thirtv-ptght per cent o( non union members didn't vote. In.. Oa , ""7. 1. .H. Trav Iftclwtod I iaa lis IUtMUwUiLiiliii S toil.' to dot ISIi .'5"V Wal 'a. "W . i. t r 6... f it, "V I l Roseburg Review November 21, 1S89 I I I How de veil like these prices? We can imeaine bwyini I two aownrown iots ror rigm nuwi ui vwb iw invw hew real estate hat advanced in price frem the elder days. 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